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A.VESTER. BRACELET.

No'. 258,243. Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,243, dated February '7, 1882,

Application filed October 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPI-I VESTER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement consists of a bracelet so constructed that it shall be capable of adjustment in tixedsizes to fit a larger or smaller arm without producing a constriction upon the same, as is done by elastic bracelets.

My invention may be carried out by means ofa box containing a clasp constructed with plates having teeth which look into the hollowed ends of the bracelet by catching over corresponding lips in the bracelet end, and make the bracelet larger or smaller, according to the number of teeth passed into the bracelet, as is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a bracelet embracing my invention. Fig. 2 represents the ends of bracelet, the box, and locking device, by means of which the different sizes are obtained, the upper portion of the parts shown being removed. to show more clearly the internal construction. Fig. 3 is a representation of my invention, showing in whole and broken lines different sizes in the same bracelet resulting from the construction of the locking devices, andalso showing the bracelet open. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the box and ends of the bracelet, presenting a side view in section.

Similar letters refer to similar pal ts thronghout the several views.

A A are the plates, with the teeth 13 B. G O are the lips on the inside of the hollow ends D D of the bracelet. E E are posts, fitting through holes F F of the shell I of the box of These posts are made hollow, closed at the outer ends, and inside of them slides a rod K, which serves as a guide and support to the spiral spring H, though any convenient form of spring may be used.

The action of the device is as follows: If the bracelet be open, to close it the ends are brought together, and the outer teeth, B B, slide over the lips G 0, when the action of the spiral spring H throws the plates'A A back,

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so that the lips O C are caught between the first and second set of teeth.

If it be desired to make the bracelet smaller, by pressing upon the posts E E the plates A A are brought nearer together, leaving room between the ends of the second set of teeth, B B, and the shell or side of the box I for the lips G O to pass over and beyond said second set of teeth, when. upon releasing the spring, the lips O O lock between said second set of teeth and the posts E E. To open the bracelet, a pressure on the posts E E leaves the way clear to withdraw the end of the bracelet entirely from the box.

1f it is desired that only one end of the bracelet can be Withdrawn from the box, the plates A A may be bent, and thelength of the outer teeth and lips increased on one side, (as shown in Fig. 2, on the right-hand-side,) so that-when the plates are in actual contact there will not be sufficient room between the outer teeth and the side of the box for the lips G G to pass, thus keeping one end of the bracelet permanently in the box.

over the outer setof teeth, and the solid lines the result of catching them over the inner set. The number and range of teeth are not limited. In the accompanying illustrations'there are two plates in the clasp, which plates are received into the hollow ends of the bracelet, and the teeth on the plates interlock with lips at the end of the bracelet; but the bracelet may be made with but one plate armed with teeth, and they made to look into any side of the bracelet, either over a lip or into a socket. Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A bracelet with its two ends clasped into a box, and adjustably held therein by means of a spring-clasp located in said box and interlocking with the ends of the bracelet at different fixed points, enabling the bracelet to be adjusted to different sizes, substantially as herein described.

2. A bracelet with its two ends fitting into a box, and adjnstnhly held there at certain taining a spring, H, plates A, teeth B, posts points by a spring-clasp interlocking with the E, and rod K, arranged to adjustably connect 1o ends of the bracelet, as herein described, and with and hold the endsof the bracelet, substanwith posts connected and arranged, as herein tially as herein set forth.

; described, to govern the action of said spring- ADOLPH VESTEB.

clasp, substantially as and for the purposes Witnesses: herein described. WELCOME A. GREENE,

3. A bracelet-clasp consisting-of a box con- -JOHN T. BLoDGET-T. 

